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1889 MLB Winning Percentage Leaders

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Bob Caruthers led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1889 with .784, 63 points ahead of John Clarkson (.721).

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Bob Caruthers Led all of MLB in 1889 Bob Caruthers Brooklyn Bridegrooms
.784 Winning Percentage .063 clear of John Clarkson
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# Player Team W-L% W L ERA IP
1 Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers BR3 .784 40 11 3.13 445.0
2 John Clarkson John Clarkson BSN .721 49 19 2.73 620.0
3 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 .692 27 12 3.02 375.0
4 Silver King Silver King SL4 .686 35 16 3.14 458.0
5 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 .683 28 13 3.36 364.0
6 Ice Box Chamberlain Ice Box Chamberlain SL4 .681 32 15 2.97 421.2
7 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn BSN .645 20 11 3.67 277.0
8 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton PHI .636 28 16 3.24 380.0
9 Jack Stivetts Jack Stivetts SL4 .632 12 7 2.25 191.2
10 Tom Lovett Tom Lovett BR3 .630 17 10 4.32 229.0
11 Jesse Duryea Jesse Duryea CN2 .627 32 19 2.56 401.0
12 Adonis Terry Adonis Terry BR3 .595 22 15 3.29 326.0
13 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin PIT .590 23 16 4.17 341.0
14 Gus Weyhing Gus Weyhing PH4 .588 30 21 2.95 449.0
15 Al Mays CL6 .588 10 7 4.82 140.0
16 Ed Seward Ed Seward PH4 .583 21 15 3.97 320.0
17 Ed Beatin CL4 .571 20 15 3.57 317.2
18 Cinders O'Brien Cinders O'Brien CL4 .564 22 17 4.15 346.2
19 Ed Crane Ed Crane NY1 .560 14 11 3.63 230.2
20 Frank Dwyer Frank Dwyer CHN .552 16 13 3.59 276.0
21 Ad Gumbert Ad Gumbert CHN .552 16 13 3.62 246.1
22 Tony Mullane Tony Mullane CN2 .550 11 9 2.99 220.0
23 Amos Rusie Amos Rusie IN3 .545 12 10 5.32 225.0
24 Sadie McMahon Sadie McMahon PH4 .538 14 12 3.53 242.0
25 Matt Kilroy Matt Kilroy BL2 .537 29 25 2.85 480.2
26 Mickey Hughes BR3 .529 9 8 4.35 153.0
27 Lee Viau Lee Viau CN2 .524 22 20 3.79 373.0
28 Frank Foreman Frank Foreman BL2 .523 23 21 3.52 414.0
29 Ben Sanders Ben Sanders PHI .514 19 18 3.55 349.2
30 Jim Conway Jim Conway KC2 .500 19 19 3.25 335.0
31 Alex Ferson WS8 .500 17 17 3.90 288.1
32 John Tener John Tener CHN .500 15 15 3.64 287.0
33 Hank O'Day Hank O'Day WS8 +1 .500 11 11 4.31 186.0
34 Kid Madden BSN .500 10 10 4.40 178.0
35 Bill Hutchison Bill Hutchison CHN .485 16 17 3.54 318.0
36 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle IN3 .477 21 23 3.92 378.2
37 Bert Cunningham Bert Cunningham BL2 .457 16 19 4.87 279.1
38 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien IN3 .450 18 22 4.54 349.0
39 Harry Staley Harry Staley PIT .447 21 26 3.51 420.0
40 Mark Baldwin Mark Baldwin CL6 .443 27 34 3.61 513.2
41 Gus Krock Gus Krock CHN +2 .438 7 9 5.57 140.2
42 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith CN2 .429 9 12 4.88 203.0
43 Park Swartzel Park Swartzel KC2 .413 19 27 4.32 410.1
44 Hank Gastright Hank Gastright CL6 .385 10 16 4.57 222.2
45 Wild Bill Widner CL6 .375 12 20 5.20 294.0
46 Kid Gleason Kid Gleason PHI .375 9 15 5.58 205.0
47 Dan Casey Dan Casey PHI .375 6 10 3.77 152.2
48 George Haddock George Haddock WS8 .367 11 19 4.20 276.1
49 Jersey Bakley Jersey Bakley CL4 .353 12 22 2.96 304.1
50 Ed Morris Ed Morris PIT .316 6 13 4.13 170.0
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